The film “Snowpiercer”, directed by Korean director Bong Joonho, will be released in North America on the 27th of June.

With its release date coming up soon, Rotten Tomatoes have already rated “Snowpiercer” with 94% on their “Tomatometer”, meaning that 94% of thr critics recommended this movie.

Among the top critics, “Snowpiercer” was described as an “intellectually and artistically superior vehicle” and “[a]n enormously ambitious, visually stunning and richly satisfying futuristic epic from the gifted Korean genre director Bong Joon-ho”.

“Snowpiercer” was released in South Korea on the 1st of August of 2013, and received great praise for its realistic and artistic portrayal of humanity when the world faces some kind of post-apocalyptic situation.

The film was shown as the opening film for the Los Angeles Film Festival on the 11th of June, and thus many are anticipating its official release in America on the 27th, and stars Chris Evans, Song Kangho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell and more

Secret and B.A.P’s company, TS Entertainment revealed today that they would be debuting a new girl group in July.

The first member that was revealed was Nahyun, who was born in 1995 and is currently attending Konkuk University as a film and arts major. She has the height fit for a girl group, standing at 169cm and a fit body toned through the Korean traditional dancing.

Nahyun participated in various types of work throughout her trainee years. She featured in B.A.P’s “1004(Angel)” music video as well as Secret Hyosung’s drama “Ghost Seeing Detective”.

Follow Nahyun on Twitter @TS_Nahyun and keep your eyes peeled for information on the new members of this girl group!

Fashion magazine SURE revealed pictorials of Ku Hye Sun, who is returning with new series ‘Angel Eyes.’

Since Ku Hye Sun’s last film work ‘Peach Tree,’ it has been two years that she appeared in public. During the past two years, Ku was known to make paint works and hold exhibitions of her own.

In the pictorials, the most noticeable part was her feminine look. As many people know, the actress had kept boyish image for years with a short haircut, but she grew them for a change in her image and appealed more mature charms through the photos.

“To erase my similar acting patterns and image in the audiences’ memories, I needed some time to prepare. During the preparation time, I changed how I talk, how I act and how I appear with a new hairdo,” said the 30-year-old actress during the interview. Like Ku said, her long and bright hair color certainly exuded more mature and womanly mood.

Then she continued to say, “The characters I played in the previous series never had an experience of being in love so they somehow seemed very similar to one another. This time, I’m playing a true mellow drama character.” The actress seemed very confident while explaining her role in the new series.

More photos and interview of Ku Hye Sun are available in fashion magazine SURE’s April issue. (photo by SURE)

YG Entertainment’s resident producer and former 1TYM member Teddy is reported to be dating actress Han Yeseul.

On November 25th, it was revealed that the two met through an acquaintance earlier this year and have been seeing each other secretly for the past six months. The two were revealed to have gotten closer as they have similar experiences of living in the United States.

According to reports, the said couple did not go out often, but they do meet up late because of their conflicting work schedules.

UPDATE: It was confirmed by Han Yeseul’s representatives that Teddy and the actress are indeed dating after being introduced by an acquaintance earlier this year. It was further revealed that the actress frankly acknowledged the relationship but emphasized that there are no marriage plans as they are looking through the relationship carefully.

After checking with Teddy, YG Entertainment also confirmed the relationship and revealed Teddy has already disclosed the matter with Yang Hyunsuk and Big Bang.

The news first broke out via “Women Sense,” which reported about the said secret relationship in the December issue of their magazine.

Three South Korean actresses have been handed suspended jail terms for abusing propofol, a short-acting sedative and anaesthetic blamed in the death of US pop icon Michael Jackson, a court official said Tuesday.

Park Si-Yeon, Lee Seung-Yeon and Jang Mi-In-Ae were charged in March with taking the prescription drug for “non-medical purposes.”

All three were found guilty by the Seoul Central District Court on Monday and received eight-month prison terms — suspended for two years, the court spokesman told AFP.

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A drama about a family understanding each other and becoming a family.

Broadcast starting date in Korea : 2013/09

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Song Mi-Joo, is a young but sincere character. She’s a contracted employee at a bank but is always hard working. Jeong Jae-Min, is an immature looking character but a deep thinker. He thinks dearly of Song Mi-joo and although he doesn’t show it, he has a painful memory of his parents from when he was young.

On August 13, Sun and Moon Entertainment announced that “Ha Ji Won became the first actress in Korea to sign a contract with one of America’s biggest agencies, UTA.”

UTA is known as the agency of such big figures as Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford, Anthony Hopkins, Ewan McGregor, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Gwyneth Paltrow and Celine Dion.

The contract has made Ha Ji Won a unique figure even in Asia, as love calls and her talks with casting directors actually led to the signing of a real contract.

With the contract, Ha Ji Won has paved her way toward her entrance into Hollywood.

Officials have said in anticipation after hearing the news, “We believe this was possible as Ha Ji Won is an actress who always takes chances. We’re looking forward to seeing her reach farther into the world.”

Actress Jo Yoon-hee has raced into the limelight after years spent tiptoeing around its periphery by portraying an adorable woman in the KBS 2 TV drama “My Husband Got a Family“, which has been receiving top viewer ratings of between 30 and 40 percent.

“I’m so happy because I get recognized not only by young fans, but also by elderly people on the streets”, the 30-year-old actress said.

Jo has been involved in show business for more than 10 years. She was already quite famous while still in high school, when she posed for fashion magazines and appeared in a music video by singer Lee Soo-young. She also made her acting debut in a TV sitcom in 2002, but it has taken her a while to make a name for herself as an actress.

“Many people ask me whether I felt anxious over the years [when my career seemed to have stalled], but I’m actually quite laid back and slow to react, so I didn’t really think about why things weren’t working out as I’d hoped”, she said. “I think I’ve come this far slowly but steadily by working with whatever roles I was given”.

She will next try her hand in the thriller “Conspirators”, a movie set to be released next month in which she plays the tragic female lead. Jo named Shim Eun-ha as her role model, because “she was a great actress and people missed her so much after she retired. I want to be remembered like that”.

Actress Han Ga-in (age 30) and actor Kim Beom (age 23) were appointed special ambassadors for the Korean committee of UNICEF.

The appointment ceremony, titled “Envoy”, was held on April 9th at the UNICEF office building in Seoul. Here in addition to the two entertainers, Kim Dong-eun was also appointed vice-chariman of the organization.

UNICEF is under the United Nations, as an organization that aims to provide aid for children regardless of their nationality, ethnicity, religion, etc.

Han and Kim took part in a promotional video for the Korean branch of the organization, and will continue to serve their roles in any way they can to raise awareness.

In the past, actors Ahn Seong-gi and Kim Rae-won also had served as ambassadors.

Actress Han Ga-in and Actor Kim Beom Appointed Special Ambassadors For UNICEF Korea.

South Korean actress Park Si Yeon will be making her first appearance in a nude scene for the upcoming movie “The Scent”.
At the film’s premiere in Seoul on April 3, Park opened up at the press conference to reveal she felt pressurized shooting the nude scene, reported Korean media.
“When I first got the script, there was no sex scene. I did not know I had to go naked in front of camera until we started filming,” said Park.
The actress added it was tough for her as she had never done such a scene before.
It was only after several heated discussions with the director, Kim Hyung Joon, and co-star Park Hee Soon, that Park Si Yeon agreed to go ahead with the filming.
In the suspense thriller, Park Si Yeon plays the role of an attractive widow who holds vital information about her husband’s murder case while Park Hee Soon plays a detective who accidentally gets involved in the same case.
A sexual attraction between the two characters slowly developed as they clashed repeatedly to solve the murder case.
Director Kim Hyung Joon explained that the bed scene between the two leads was essential to bring out this sexual attraction.
“The main concept of this movie is femme fatale and I had Sharon Stone’s ‘Basic Instinct’ in mind when I was directing this film,” said Kim.
“Park Si Yeon’s physical temptation was necessary to portray that fatal attraction,” he added.

Sexy Hot Drop Dead Gorgeous Actor Lee Tae Gon (이태곤) stars in King Gwangaeto The Great on KBS World Television. The drama is about the life of King Gwanggaeto The Great, who restored the glory of Goguryeo by wresting power back from Baekje, which had invaded Goguryeo prior to Gwanggaeto’s birth and dominated East Asia under the rule of King Geunchogo. According to, Drama Wiki.